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- Artist: The Lemon Pipers
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- Release Date: 1967
- Genre: Rock
Review
Unlike the majority of bubblegum bands, the Lemon Pipers' albums are actually quite good, not least because they were one of the few bubblegum bands who were a proper band with their own songwriters (although outside writer/producers did provide the two hits, the inescapable "Green Tambourine" and the actually even better "Rice Is Nice," a sweet, harp-laden depiction of a wedding day). Even the album tracks are pretty groovy, like the Cat Stevens-like character sketches "Shoeshine Boy" and "The Shoemaker of Leatherwood Square," which effectively use trippy string sections and playful harmonies. The snottier folk-rock of "Ask Me if I Care" and the far-out "Fifty Year Void," to say nothing of the nine-minute freakout "Through With You," give Green Tambourine a harder edge than most bubblegum albums, though it's still closer to, say, the Cyrkle than Cream. Seek it out, bubblegum snobs: you'll find yourself pleasantly surprised. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Rice Is Nice (Lyrics) | Paul Leka, |
The Lemon Pipers | (2:13) |
| Shoeshine Boy | Paul Leka, |
The Lemon Pipers | (3:29) |
| Turn Around Take a Look | The Lemon Pipers | (2:49) | |
| Rainbow Tree | The Lemon Pipers | (2:26) | |
| Ask Me If I Care | The Lemon Pipers | (3:11) | |
| Stragglin' Behind | The Lemon Pipers | (2:38) | |
| Green Tambourine | Paul Leka, |
The Lemon Pipers | (2:28) |
| Blueberry Blue | Paul Leka, |
The Lemon Pipers | (2:32) |
| The Shoemaker of Leatherwear Square | Paul Leka, |
The Lemon Pipers | (2:03) |
| Fifty Year Void | The Lemon Pipers | The Lemon Pipers | (5:48) |
| Through With You | The Lemon Pipers | (9:06) |
